WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pat Esser, President of Cox Communications, was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). The election took place at The Cable Show last week in Los Angeles, CA.
In addition, Glenn Britt, Chairman, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable, was elected Vice Chairman; Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corporation, was elected Treasurer; and Abbe Raven, President & CEO, A&E Television Networks, was elected Secretary.
The NCTA Board established its Executive Committee for 2010-2011. It includes Tom Rutledge, COO, Cablevision Systems Corporation, as the Immediate Past Chairman of the NCTA Board, the above named Officers, and NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow in an ex officio role. The following were also named to the Executive Committee:
- Rocco Commisso, Chairman & CEO, Mediacom Communications Corporation
- Philippe Dauman, President & CEO, Viacom
- Ronald Duncan, President & CEO, GCI
- Jerry Kent, Chairman & CEO, Suddenlink Communications
- Mike Lovett, President & CEO, Charter Communications
- Bob Miron, Chairman, Advance/Newhouse Communications
- Michael Willner, Vice Chairman & CEO, Insight Communications
- Associate Director: Frank Drendel, Chairman & CEO, CommScope, was reelected to serve a two-year term.
- At-Large Programmer Directors: Ken Lowe, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Scripps Networks Interactive; Matt Blank, Chairman & CEO, Showtime Networks, Inc.; and Judy McGrath, Chairman & CEO, MTV Networks, were elected to serve two-year terms.
- At-Large System Directors: Ronald Duncan, President & CEO, GCI; and Jim Pearson, President & CEO, U.S. Cable Corporation, were reelected to serve three-year terms.
- Rural/Small System Director: In March 2010, Richard Sjoberg, President & CEO, Sjoberg’s Inc., was reelected as a Rural/Small System Director for another two years.
- Amy Tykeson, CEO, BendBroadband, was named Chair of the Rural/Small System Operators’ Committee for another two-year term.
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